St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
TEEE $ ENATE.
More Bills. Although the Mills of
the Legislature Grind Slow.

the Legislature Grind Slow.
| Notwithstanding the unusually large
number of bills already in the hands of the
several committees the senate tolerated the
| introduction of another big batch of new
bills yesterday. The customary petition
| this time from citizens Of Dodge Center
urging the passage of the physiological
| temperance instruction bill, was read after
which the flow Of new bills commenced
| following being some of most general in.
! tereSt:
| By Mr.. Ives-St. Peter water works bonds
| (S4O0OO), and construction OF water works
Passed under suspension of rules.
| By Same-Appropriate $4,000 for bridge
over the Minnesota river at ST. Peter. Roads
and bridges.
| By Same-Attaching certain territory OF
| School District No. 3S to Independent Schoo
District No. l, Nicolet county. Education.
By Same-Appropriate 81 600 for poutooI
bridge on the Minnesota river, between st.
| Peter and Kasota. Roads and bridges
By Mr.. keller-Appropriate money fol-
! state normal school and normal home at St
| Cloud. Finance.
BY MIR. Dsy-Amend chapter 124, Statutes
of '78, relating to gopher bounties. Agri
culture.
BY Same-To afford relief to actual pur-
chasers of and settlers upon the land com.
monty known as the st. Paul & Chicago Rail
| road lands, by declaring actual settlers in
possession of the lands. Taxes and tax laws
By Mr.. Edwards-Repeal chapter 49, Gen
eral Statutes of rs, relating to actions against
boats and vessels. judiciary
By Same-Repeal chapter so, laws of 'S5, re.
lating to heirship of property by descent
Judiciary.
b. same-Amend section 4, chapter ~,
Statutes of rs, relating to the bequeathel OF
personal estate. Judiciary
By Same-Amend section 2, title l, chapter
62, Statutes of rs, relating to avoidable mar.
riages. Judiciary.
By Mr.. Clough-Extending jurisdiction of
justices of the peace in Minneapolis. Ju-
dietary.
By same-Amending statutes Of 1878 relat-
ing to corporations so as TO empower eXecu-
tors trustees or legateeS to organize corpora
tions according to the instructions of the
will OF the testator. Judiciary.
By Mr. Buckman-Amend section l21.
chapter IL, statutes of 1878, so as 10 give the
state printing to an 'oficial paper.'' Print
ing.
by Mr.. Finseth-Authorizing Cannon Falls
school district to attach school district No.1I.
Education. 'H.-
BY Mr.. smith-Providing for state
weather and signal service. Finance.
By Mir. Whiteman-To establish a school
of mining and industry at Duluth. Mines
and mining.
By Mr.. Whiteman--Appontme of a
county superintendent of poor for ST. Louis
county at IA salary of $1,000 per anuum.
Passed under suspension of rules.
BY Mr. Eaniels-Providing for school dis
trct Jerks TO subscribe Of ''school e6uca-
| ton at the! expense of the school district
Education.
BY Mr.. Hall-To raise the salary of the en-
gineer of the capitol building from $1,000 to
81. 500, and providing for an assistant for FIVE
months instead of four. Finance.
BY Mr.. Durant-To prohibit and punish
persons who shall knowingly import into this
state adulterated or explosive illuminating
oils. Retrenchment and reform.
Reports of committees were adopted as
| follows:
Judiciary-Passage of Eaton's biennial
ninety-day session constitutional amendment:
| Edwards bill, restricting ownership Of real
| estatein Minnesota TO citizens of the United
| States; Eaton's Canada thistles bill; the bill
| providing for actions by or against unincor-
! porated associations; and the house bills au-
| thorizing Morris to issue S4,e 600 bonds to de-
| fray its floating debt. and Douglass county TO
| levy special tax for court house. Pass
! age as amended of the grand larceny
| penal code amendment to fix the
minimum penalty ct one year instead of five
| years, and Of Swenson's bin making railroad
| companies liable for damages to locomotive
| engineers and tiremen resulting from over
! time work. Passage of subs :itutes for Mach
| bars election district bill, Goodrich's adop-
| tion of children bill, and Daniels oil inspec.
| tors salary bill.
State Sohools-Passage of the appropria-
| tion for the school for dependent children at
/ Owatonna.
| Finance-Passage of the bill raising the
| salary of the safe superintendent of public
| instruction from $500 to $500; also appro-
priations for state farmers institutes for
higher education. and for the third hospitsl
! for the insane ut Fergus Falls
Agricuiture-PaSSage of the bill prohibit
| ing the killing of aquatic fowl at certain
| times of the year.
| Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution-Pas-
| sage of the Macdonald fire escape bill, and
| of the appropriation for the imbecile depart
| ment of the institution.
Railroads-Passage of Clark's bill repeal-
! ing the act authorizing the Chicago. Mime
! apolis, st. Paul & Omaha to purchase the
| Sioux City road.
| The st. Paul general appropriation bill
as passed by the house was then passed
| under suspension OF rules on a motion of
| Senator Smith, as were also the board of
| education Donus and the water works bonds
Dlils. otner mouse local bills passed were:
Appropriating $500 for the Mississippi river
commissions: amending the charter of Kas.
son, and authorizing each town in Meeker
county TO support its own poor. A motion
by Senator Pope to adjourn over until Mon
day afternoon was lost, and motion TO
| adjourn until Monday morning prevailed
over considerable opposition. This avoided
an afternoon session, although the list of
bills for discussion in committee of the
whole has accumulated until it has become
an elephant, and there are two very impor-
tant bills upon the calendar for third read
ing-Ward's, to abolish the Office of oil in